quite useless

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The creative class against itself

(sort of)

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a. natasha joukovsky
Aug 27, 2021
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Bobos in Purgatory

Tell me if this sounds familiar: you, a highly-educated American creative-type, come across an article in a well-respected (dare I say elite) publication that, with self-awareness and panache, astutely deconstructs the sins of the creative class to which the author—and you, its audience—are invariably a part. Maybe you remember this (v…

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